Aug 14, 2020 | Pragati, Stories
With the COVID 19 pandemic hitting the world, the worst affected have been the daily wage earners. For them, this lockdown has meant zero earning, and many have been forced to go without food. It is more than ever, that the need to address such existential crisis has...
Aug 1, 2020 | Azad, Stories
Precocious and intelligent Amrita* excels at almost everything she puts her mind to. Now 14, Amrita who hails from Aurangabad was deserted by her father and stepmother while on a train journey to Chennai. She was found in Cuddalore Railway Station and was first placed...
Jan 22, 2020 | Azad, Stories
This is a story of Sangeeta, a 44-year-old single mother of three children. She worked as a maidservant and it was really hard for her to provide for the basic needs of her children with that work. Once there was an urgent need for finances to pay for her elder...
Dec 26, 2019 | Parivartan, Stories
This is a story of Khushi*, who hails from West Bengal and who faced betrayal at every stage of her life. At first her husband cheated on her for another woman and left her. Then a known lady from her locality asked her to move to Mumbai and promised her a stable job....
Mar 29, 2019 | Anandalay Hostel, Stories
Coming from a background so unsafe, 8-year-old Aksa* is a daughter of a commercial sex worker named Sakina* who works in Ghatkopar red light area in Mumbai. Aksa’s father goes in and out of the prison often on the charges of robbery and beats her mother when he’s out...
Mar 27, 2019 | Anandalay Hostel, Stories
Tina* can be defined as a jovial and playful little girl, who lived with her mother Nisa* and her five siblings in Bhiwandi. Since her father doesn’t live with the family and neither does he maintain any communication with them, the entire responsibility of the...